Maritime Region

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From Beaver to Pond

A History

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter links the entrepreneurial activities of Flood and Newton with another businessman from New Brunswick: Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook. It also touches on the historic and current … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Global Education Reform Movement (2000-2010)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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Thomas Adams and Town Planning for the Devastated Area

(1918)

From: Rebuilding Halifax

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Chapter 3 discusses the plans for the rebuilding of the devastated North End of Halifax into what would eventually become the Hydrostone neighbourhood. 16 $1.60 Add
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A Second Year in Java

From: Bamboo Cage

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This section of the diary describes Wyse’s second year in a Janaese prison camp. He begins to experience problems with his eyes; sometimes there is a month between entries. Wyse was … 32 $3.20 Add
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Angels and Angles

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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In this chapter, Pitts recounts the founding of Q1 Labs in 2001, its business agreement with UNB, and the nascent company’s relationship with the dean of the faculty of computer science. It … 15 $1.50 Add
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Benevolent Oligarchy or “Political Octopus”?

(1919-1921)

From: Rebuilding Halifax

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Chapter 4 discusses the political and financial controversies that the Halifax relief commission became embroiled in after the end of the First World War, as reconstruction of the destroyed areas … 16 $1.60 Add
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Chapter 4

The Second World War

From: New Brunswick and the Navy

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This chapter explores the important, if modest, role of New Brunswick’s navy during the Second World War, the largest naval war Canada has ever fought. ; 26 $2.60 Add
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Chapter Four

Continental War Brides

From: Captured Hearts

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Chapter Four examines the experience of the war bride who came from the continent. Unlike their British counterparts, these brides from France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands had … 20 $2.00 Add
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Connecting Education & Employability (1990-2010)

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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Persecution, War, Alliance and Terrorism

From: We Were Not The Savages

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Chapter 4 focuses on the persecution and war between England and the Mi’kmaq, and campaigns of terrorism. 24 $2.40 Add
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“New Brunswick’s Navy” at War, 1939-1945

From: New Brunswick and the Navy

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This chapter looks at the careers/impacts of significant ships bearing names associated with New Brunswick in the Royal Canadian Navy. ; 14 $1.40 Add
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Chapter Five

The Darker Side

From: Captured Hearts

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Chapter Five explores the darker side of the war bride experience, as many of these women and their children experienced less than ideal lives after their arrival in New Brunswick. Focusing on … 14 $1.40 Add
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Conclusion

From: Bamboo Cage

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The conclusion notes that Wyse buried his diary for fear of being discovered. He spent the rest of the war on Java, and was able to retrieve his diary and type up the manuscript. 4 $0.40 Add
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Hi, I’m from New Brunswick

From: Unicorn in the Woods

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This chapter focuses on the Q1 Labs’ hunt for venture capital, which included multiple trips to the United States to woo wary investors. 11 $1.10 Add
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The Long Anticlimax

(1922-1945)

From: Rebuilding Halifax

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Chapter 5 discusses the work of the Halifax Relief Commission in the decades after reconstruction of the city was concluded, as its role became managing the pension funds for explosion victims … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Think Tank Campaign to Privatize

From: The Attack on Nova Scotia's Schools

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